Lyrl's recent activity
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Comment on Older adults who typically had longer intervals between meals accumulated chronic diseases more rapidly over time than those with shorter intervals, according to study from Karolinska Institutet in ~health
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Comment on Invite request spam problem - vet through other social media? in ~tildes
Lyrl Link ParentNeat to learn, thanks for the pointer! It looks like @cfabbro is still holding down the fort over there. I am thinking of starting something similar on lemmy, and will look over that sub reddit...Neat to learn, thanks for the pointer! It looks like @cfabbro is still holding down the fort over there. I am thinking of starting something similar on lemmy, and will look over that sub reddit setup for ideas.
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Comment on Invite request spam problem - vet through other social media? in ~tildes
Lyrl Link Parent@Deimos - I have seen speculation in a variety of threads on current invite policy implied by invites not appearing without request anymore, neither for new users or for people who use up their...@Deimos - I have seen speculation in a variety of threads on current invite policy implied by invites not appearing without request anymore, neither for new users or for people who use up their most recent set of 10. Everything from a change to on-request-only invite generation just to reduce your maintenance overhead (i.e. no policy change), to new user probation policy, to intentional growth restriction. Are you willing to share an official statement on availability of invites?
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Invite request spam problem - vet through other social media?
For most of the history of Tildes, if someone came across the site and decided they wanted to join, but didn't know anyone already on, they could email Deimos with an invite request. However, with...
For most of the history of Tildes, if someone came across the site and decided they wanted to join, but didn't know anyone already on, they could email Deimos with an invite request. However, with the rise of LLMs, the noise-to-signal ratio has become so high this is no longer a way to join Tildes - explanation by Deimos: https://tildes.net/~tildes/1vl3/is_there_any_interest_in_building_a_tildes_successor#comment-if6r
I've read the recent discussions on Tildes being maintained as is and not actively grown, but I think most of us believe the community is up for many more years of enjoying each other's company, and would like to pick up a few more members along the way if they seek us out. That just requesting to join isn't possible anymore makes me a little sad.
I had the thought that larger sites are able to invest more resources into spam account filtering, many of us have active accounts on other social media sites (or other types of sites with community interactions), and I speculate that almost everyone who finds tildes and is interested in joining has already been active in some other online community. Some of us Tilderinos could post here our handles in other communities, and offer to consider sharing one of our invite requests to Tildes if DM'd in our other community. We'd have to reject requests from new accounts, and use some judgement on established ones, but I am thinking having people go through the filtering process those other communities use would reduce the spam requests enough to make it workable.
What do you guys think?
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Comment on Elon Musk on tomatoes in ~food
Lyrl Link ParentThere is some amount of genetic ability to taste, also. My mom gardenened through much of my childhood (and still does) and I would consider her good at it, but I never got the enjoyment others...There is some amount of genetic ability to taste, also. My mom gardenened through much of my childhood (and still does) and I would consider her good at it, but I never got the enjoyment others seem to out of home grown tomatoes. I once went to the Seed Saver's farm annual Tomato Tasting Festival - presumably they are good at growing tomatoes since they farm for a living - and the tomatoes were fine, I guess.
I believe others when they describe the awesomeness they experience eating homegrown tomatoes. But I am somehow not wired to experience that. I enjoy growing edible plants, but tomatoes aren't worth my time to grow.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Lyrl Link Parent@Deimos - is non-response to emailed requests for invites official policy? If so, could the contact page https://docs.tildes.net/contact be updated? It seems unfriendly to direct people to send an...@Deimos - is non-response to emailed requests for invites official policy? If so, could the contact page https://docs.tildes.net/contact be updated? It seems unfriendly to direct people to send an email and claim an invite will be issued if that is no longer true.
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Comment on Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Donald Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill in ~society
Lyrl Link ParentThey might be trying to delay confrontation until a new administration is in place in two and a half years. That's a long time to slow walk things, but if they can pull it off would be the path...They might be trying to delay confrontation until a new administration is in place in two and a half years. That's a long time to slow walk things, but if they can pull it off would be the path least likely to have militia-like escalation.
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Comment on US general warns he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel amid Iran war in ~society
Lyrl Link ParentDeferred maintenance on critical navy vessels is a horrible ticking time bomb. It was a significant contributing factor to the accidents that killed seventeen sailors ten years ago...Deferred maintenance on critical navy vessels is a horrible ticking time bomb. It was a significant contributing factor to the accidents that killed seventeen sailors ten years ago (https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/us-navy-crashes-japan-cause-mccain/). That lesson being thrown out the window, but this time in a war zone is incredibly painful.
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Comment on DNA tests are uncovering the true prevalence of incest in ~health
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Comment on Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami in ~news
Lyrl Link ParentHopefully Trump and those close to him are distracted from the Whitehouse-level intervention on their behalf (https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia) long...Hopefully Trump and those close to him are distracted from the Whitehouse-level intervention on their behalf (https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia) long enough for the extradition process to happen.
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Comment on Linus Torvalds says Linux is not "anti-AI", tells haters to 'fork it' and 'just walk away' in ~tech
Lyrl Link ParentMy husband works in architecture, and now commonly uses AI for renderings that clients need to fundraise for their product. Doesn't have to be precise, is important enough it used to justify weeks...My husband works in architecture, and now commonly uses AI for renderings that clients need to fundraise for their product. Doesn't have to be precise, is important enough it used to justify weeks of work to get close enough for purpose, and can now be done in minutes. Construction documents are still all from human input to design programs that generate the level of precision needed for actual building.
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Comment on Linus Torvalds says Linux is not "anti-AI", tells haters to 'fork it' and 'just walk away' in ~tech
Lyrl Link ParentThe industrial revolution dramatically expanded environmental damage inflicted by humans. But any movement to live without anything derived from fossil fuels is tiny. Many people feel bad about...The industrial revolution dramatically expanded environmental damage inflicted by humans. But any movement to live without anything derived from fossil fuels is tiny. Many people feel bad about pollution and displacement of poor communities, but not so bad they are willing to give up cheap clothing, mass produced foods, or pocket computers and the internet. I don't see any path where AI ends up treated any differently. Whatever guardrails end up existing will be government regulation, if voters manage to elect people who both care about and are competent at implementing effective bureaucracy.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 6 in ~society
Lyrl Link ParentThere was a Representative a few years ago whose family put into a memory care home. No announcement, but after a few months a reporter tracked her down. She kept pulling her paycheck while...There was a Representative a few years ago whose family put into a memory care home. No announcement, but after a few months a reporter tracked her down. She kept pulling her paycheck while missing all the remaining votes in her term.
I think the most common outcome of disability is they don't run for reelection, so all their votes are just missed for however much is left of their term. But if they have an established staff and the party considers the seat important, even clearly mentally toast reps or senators will have basically shadow campaigns run for them, keep winning elections purely off name recognition, and staff coach them how to vote whatever is the party line. From the Wikipedia article on Strom Thurmand (senator 1954-2003) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond#Health :
Retrospectively, a Senate aide stated that "for his last ten years, Thurmond didn't know if he was on foot or on horseback", while a 2020 New Yorker article stated that he was "widely known" by the end of his career to be non compos mentis.
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Comment on US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, ruling against Donald Trump's order in ~society
Lyrl Link ParentYes, and a few Republicans have argued the 22nd limiting each president to two terms means consecutive terms, so since Biden was in between Trump's terms so far Trump is OK to run for president in...Yes, and a few Republicans have argued the 22nd limiting each president to two terms means consecutive terms, so since Biden was in between Trump's terms so far Trump is OK to run for president in 2028.
It's not the Supreme Court preventing that interpretation from being realized, it's the bureaucracy of the Republican party. That remains, so far, a fringe argument without the institutional support needed to have Trump's name printed on another presidential ballot. If the party position changed, I don't see the Supreme Court standing in the way.
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Comment on $22,000 per hour: assistants use a legislative loophole to outearn US surgeons in ~health
Lyrl Link ParentThe last article I came across said the arguments submitted to the arbitration are sealed, so no one can do any analysis of what arguments are persuading the arbitrators. Some people they...The last article I came across said the arguments submitted to the arbitration are sealed, so no one can do any analysis of what arguments are persuading the arbitrators. Some people they interviewed speculated the providers were writing about past very low payouts and claiming they needed to make up for all the historical squeeze with a bonus payment.
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Lyrl Link ParentIf four people want one of three housing units, they will bid against each other until one of them decides to make a home elsewhere or two of them decide to be roommates. The price increase is...If four people want one of three housing units, they will bid against each other until one of them decides to make a home elsewhere or two of them decide to be roommates. The price increase is driven by how much the person(s) who end up dropping out of the bidding can tolerate, not by the ratio of people to housing units. Even a small mismatch between housing demand and supply can cause large increases in pricing - the increase has to be large enough to convince however many "extra" aspiring households there are to make a home elsewhere or with roommates.
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Lyrl Link ParentA quick Google search got me this page: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/22956/chicago/population Which claims the Chicago metro area has increased in population about half a...A quick Google search got me this page: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/22956/chicago/population
Which claims the Chicago metro area has increased in population about half a percent or 50,000 people every year the last several years.
The Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago) has population history of the city proper (rather than the full metro area), but only for the census years. The most recent census in 2020 showed a population increase of 1.9% or 50,000 people since 2010.
I would consider that "growing".
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Lyrl Link ParentThe problems of shortage and wealth building mindset are intertwined. Shortages drive up prices, which gets people used to property ownership building wealth, and makes property owners fight any...The problems of shortage and wealth building mindset are intertwined. Shortages drive up prices, which gets people used to property ownership building wealth, and makes property owners fight any public policy that would decrease property value, which worsens shortages.
Also, where has population been stable? My impression is the large majority of cities are either noticeably growing or shrinking.
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Lyrl (edited )Link ParentThe "headline number" that reporters put in headlines only counts people actively looking for work, but the underlying BLS report has six unemployment measures in every publication: U-1 long-term...The "headline number" that reporters put in headlines only counts people actively looking for work, but the underlying BLS report has six unemployment measures in every publication:
- U-1 long-term unemployed still actively seeking work
- U-2 recently unemployed actively seeking work
- U-3 all unemployed actively seeking work (headline number)
- U-4 all unemployed either actively seeking work, or not seeking work because they don't believe a search would succeed (discouraged workers)
- U-5 all unemployed (people who want a job) regardless of whether or why they are or aren't actively searching (marginally attached workers)
- U-6 all unemployed plus people working part-time who want to work full-time but aren't finding jobs that will give them full-time hours.
Of course U3 is a lower number than U4-6, because by definition it counts less people, but all six measures tend to move up and down together. A variety of labor force participation rates are also in the report, as well as wage information, which is where people losing higher paying jobs and accepting lower paying ones would show up. The different measures are each useful for different kinds of research and insights, but I think it's a misunderstanding to say a particular U-type is an undercount.
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Comment on The room the economy can’t see in ~society
Lyrl Link ParentIt's been a thing in Alaska for half a century. No, the Permanent Fund dividend is not enough to live on, but it creates a floor that gives people the kind of flexibility this article is...It's been a thing in Alaska for half a century. No, the Permanent Fund dividend is not enough to live on, but it creates a floor that gives people the kind of flexibility this article is advocating for.
Some advocates for basic income are "full living income or bust" types, but I see that as the perfect being the enemy of the good. We can get something started, start getting the benefits to people and communities in the near-term, and then see if it can be built on from there. I have hope.
Full study article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.70150
That half of participants reported longest fast of 12-13.5 hours is a relatively tight grouping around what I would consider a normal dinner to breakfast interval, which feels validating to my concept of mealtimes.
The focus on longest interval wasn't what I expected from the headline. Also, 14 hours from dinner to breakfast seems kind of short to be risky. I wonder if that low end of the "long interval" quartile, something like 6pm dinner and 8am breakfast, is actually risky, or if the grouping into quartiles with people only eating once a day skewed the statistics.
Also, longest interval of 6 hours, who does that? I guess bedtime snack at midnight and breakfast at 6am?